Reform launches its own Research Department

Since returning to politics in May 2024, Nigel Farage has had one central goal: replacing the Conservatives as one of the two great parties of British politics. Having led in the polls since April, Reform UK has focused in recent weeks on the intellectual battle, by attracting bright thinkers on the centre-right. Danny Kruger MP defected last month, followed shortly by the academic James Orr. The former now heads the party’s ‘Preparing for Government’ unit; the latter is tasked with building the intellectual pipeline from the universities to a future Farage administration.

Today, the party has sought to lay down a fresh marker. Reform is launching its own Research Department – in the style of the Tories’ famed Conservative Research Department (CRD). Alumni of the latter include Enoch Po